Foreverisacastironmess I really enjoy all three of the stories in this movie in different ways, I think it shows just how versatile an actress Karen Black really was, and it's a shame she never really got her due beyond having a 'cult' thing going on in her later years as a B-movie queen I guess.. I thought she was a really cool and interesting lady, and I love her in this. I totally buy her in all of her strange little roles, the deceptively timid wallflower type, the god-fearing old maid, the sexy drag queen-looking bombshell, or indeed just the regular unfortunate victim who's unexpectedly forced to fight for her life! I found the first two stories to be pretty effective and interesting slow burners, I like the twist of the first story, he picks her as an easy target but too little too late does he learn that he's the one who's been getting played with right from the start in a twisted game of seduction and murderous conquest that she's been doing for a long time... The second one was a lot more predictable, with Black playing a woman with a rather unhealthy case of split personality disorder who essentially kills herself, or the sinful part of herself that she hates, with voodoo nonetheless! Then there's the third tale, which definitely makes the whole movie and realistically is probably why it's even remembered, in which she plays a real doormat of a woman who is even dreadfully put upon and dominated by her own mother, I love how the opening scene establishes a sense of unease before anything even happens just by the 'offness' of the relationship between Amelia and her mother, and it plays brilliantly into the chilling end which was a great way to wrap up the movie, with the possessed Amelia crouching in a very in your face animalistic way and grinning evilly as she awaits her unwitting visitor... It's not my era but I bet a ton of kids growing up in the seventies had nightmares of pint-sized killer fetish dolls possessed by bloodthirsty spirits that stabbed with a spear, gnashed their razor sharp teeth while making the rabid Speedy Gonzales noises, and attacked poor Karen Black relentlessly! Stabbing it back doesn't work, neither does trapping it or drowning it, and baking it in the oven backfires horribly! I think it still does a great job of selling the illusion that she's being mauled by the tiny assassin as she holds it to herself and bodily throws herself all over the place, Black was great at the physical stuff. The whole segment is very suspenseful and creepy, and you can easily see where it influenced the movies like Child's Play and Puppet Master, and who knows, maybe it even helped to create the terrific horror sub genre of the small creature on a murderous rampage as we know it! I genuinely love this spirited little movie, it's kind of quaint and old fashioned, but that's part of the charm for me, it has a good nostalgic aspect to it. I think that the 70s produced some of the best horror anthologies ever, and this one makes for a satisfying watch and is a real distinctive gem by Dan Curtis, classic macabre fun! X

dukeakasmudge I've never seen Trilogy Of Terror before & after hearing so much about it, I had to see it for myself.I guess the best thing I can say about it was Karen Black did a good job playing 4 different roles & the thing that amazed me the most was that this was a Made For TV movie.I did not know that until I read it on another website.They definitely don't make Made For TV movies like they use to & Trilogy Of Terror proves it.Other than that, I found Trilogy Of Terror to be mainly boring.The 1st story about the shy college professor & the scheming student who seduces & blackmails her was predictable & boring.The 2nd story about the 2 sisters was about the same, predictable & boring.Last but NOT least & the best of the bunch was the story of the African tribal doll.It was the best & most entertaining out of the 3.If nothing else, skip the 1st 2 & go right to the 3rd

Toronto85 'Trilogy of Terror' tells three different scary stories, each with Karen black in the lead role. These stories are well put together, and each have a eerie little twist at the end of them that left me shocked, and in one story, creeped out. In the first story "Julie", we meet a high school jock type of guy named Chad who wonders what his teacher Julie looks like under all of the stuffy clothes she wears. Julie has the whole librarian look going on. She has her hair up in a bun always, glasses on, multiple layers of clothing, etc. Chad becomes almost obsessed with her, and comes up with a sick scheme to drug and take photos of Julie half naked in bed as a way to blackmail her into sleeping with him and doing what he wants. It's not too long after that we discover Julie isn't all she seems, and that leads to a well put together twist.The next is called "Millicent and Therese", both of whom are sisters who have nothing in common. Millicent is the good girl with morals, values and no make-up. Therese is basically a sexually suggestive woman who uses her sexuality and looks to get what she wants. Anyways, Millicent tells a story which paints Therese as their mother's killer and makes out as if Therese sold her soul to Satan. We the viewers soon get a better insight into the two sisters and their personality when their psychiatrist comes on, and realize that not all that Millicent has said is true...The third and final story is the most terrifying, it's called "Amelia". Amelia is a happy young woman who lives on her own in a high rise apartment building. She's gotten a Zuni fetish doll shipped to her which she planned to give to her boyfriend as a gift, he studies anthropology. The doll comes with a scroll which states this specific doll is possessed by the spirit of a Zuni hunter named "He Who Kills"...and once you remove the gold chain from around it's neck, it will kill again. The chain accidentally comes off, and it goes after Amelia in her apartment leading to a genuinely scary ending.'Trilogy of Terror' is a good made for TV movie from the 70's, I lied it for it's interesting conclusions to each tale. Even if the story was a little weak or slower moving, the twist at the end saves it. For example, I thought the first two stories lacked compared to the third, but the endings saved them! Karen Black was magnificent in all of her roles in each story, this movie had to have a strong actress to make it work and she did. I highly recommend this one.8/10

billcr12 Three stories in a Twilight Zone style, all featuring Karen Black, is a mildly amusing trilogy from 1975. Robert Matheson is the source material. Black is first Julie, a school marm college professor with hair pulled up into a bun and old fashioned eyeglasses. A student takes a liking to her and convinces the outwardly shy teacher to attend a drive in movie with him, where he drugs her and takes compromising pictures in order to force Julie into a relationship. She has a surprise ending, which is not a happy one. Black is both Millicent and Therese in the second story. Milly is a woman who presents a spinster image, and Therese is a blonde sex bomb in mini skirt. They despise each other and I figured it out very quickly. Number three is the most entertaining, as Emelia has returned home with a Zulu killer doll as a present for her boyfriend. On the phone, she tells mom that a scroll explains that the doll has an evil spirit which will be released if a gold chain is removed. Of course, the chain falls off and the little terror chases Black all over the place, with a sharp knife as a weapon. It is the best of the three and Ms. Black makes the seventy two minutes worthwhile.